Meaning of name Santos

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Meaning

The name Santos has the following meaning:

Saints or "holy".

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

See worldwide popularity rankings of Santos as a baby name (outside USA)

As a baby boy name, Santos is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 724 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Santos fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 88 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 845 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Santos in the USA, over the past 100 years.

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Pronunciation

The name Santos is pronounced as sahn-tos

Origins

Santos originates from the Spanish language.
See other suggested Spanish baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Santos and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Santos: Boys - Margarito, Girls - Alba, Alondra, Alvira, Amparo, Anahi, Angeles, Belen, Benita, Blanca, Bonita, Brisa, Both genders - Guadalupe

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Santos: Sante, Santea, Santee, Santey, Santi, Santie, Santino, Santo (Italian), Sants (Catalan), Santy, Sanzio (Italian)

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Santos are: San

Style

We think the name Santos should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Santos to be: Down-to-earth and masculine

In one word, you might describe Santos as a(n) "masculine" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Santos (or its variants) are:

Santos Benavides , born on 1 November, a famous colonel. Santos Benavides 's background: A Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. Benavides was the highest-ranking Tejano soldier to serve in the Confederate military.

Santos Sambajon, born on 10 September, a famous athelete. Santos Sambajon's background: A Filipino professional pool player. His nicknames are 'The Little Giant' and 'The Saint.' In 2005, He won the Skins Billiards Championship.

Santos Ortega, born on 30 June, a famous actor. Santos Ortega's background: An American actor. He was most famous for his role as Will Hughes (usually just referred to as 'Grandpa') on the soap opera As the World Turns.